Aleksandrowicz works closely with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to get all recipes and labels approved -- a process that was at a standstill until Wednesday when the government reached a budget deal to reopen.

"TTB has been working really pretty hard getting things out. They worked quickly for us," Aleksandrowicz said.

So quickly, that in one day, two of the four new beers they were waiting to get approved have been given the green light -- the holiday spice beer, which had already been brewed before the government shutdown, and the 12-ounce bottle of their India black ale.

In a few weeks, it will be submitting labels for the fourth installment of their 25th anniversary brews and My Turn John, a dark cherry beer created by brewery tour guide John Zutz.

"I was hoping to give it for Christmas presents," Zutz said.

And he may be able to if things keep moving along with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureaum but should there be another government shutdown, Lakefront managers said they will be better prepared.

"We're going to start working four or five labels ahead and really plan ahead," Aleksandrowicz said.

So far, the shutdown hasn't cost the brewery any money.

Lakefront is hoping to release all four new brews by the middle of November, putting them just a few weeks behind schedule.